Local businesses donated to memorial

November 17, 2013

Dear Editor,

The members of the Cadot-Blessing Camp #126 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War based in Gallipolis, Ohio, wish to take this opportunity to publicly thank all of the various individuals that helped with the new memorial, dedicated to the Veterans of the American Civil War, placed in Pine Street Cemetery on June 15, 2013. The stone was donated by the Stanley Saunders Monument company of Gallipolis courtesy of Lloyd Danner and David Tawney. The engraving was completed by Brodie Gill of Serenity Stone Carvings of Patriot. The metal and welding was done by Dave Snyder, Snyder’s Custom Metal Fabrication of Gallipolis. The concrete work was provided and donated by David Boggs of Boggs Construction and Ed Wagner, Gallipolis City, dug the foundation and [performed] site preparation.